Oyster shell Chinese medicine

Oysters contain calcium carbonate, so they are very good for reducing acid and relieving pain, especially for the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers. Oysters also have sedative and antipyretic effects. Among all shellfish, oysters are the only one that can be eaten raw. Patients with palpitations, insomnia, tremors in hands and feet, nocturnal emission, frequent urination, etc. can eat oysters frequently.

Effect on gastric and duodenal ulcers: Calcium carbonate contained in oysters has astringent, antacid and analgesic effects, which are beneficial to the healing of gastric and duodenal ulcers. Animal experiments have shown that oyster preparation Baimu Tablets can treat experimental ulcers in guinea pigs and prevent the occurrence of experimental gastric ulcers in rats, and can inhibit the secretion of free acid and total acid in rats.

Other effects Oysters may have the function of regulating the entire cerebral cortex. Raw oysters have good effects of calming, softening and relieving fever; calcined oysters have astringent and dry effects, and have a stronger astringent and astringent effect.

Oyster shell tastes salty and astringent, and is slightly cold in nature; it enters the liver, heart, and kidney meridians; it is heavy in texture and can calm and suppress yang, and can be dispersed or collected; it is the only shellfish that can be eaten raw, and has the effects of calming the liver and suppressing yang, calming the nerves and tranquilizing the mind, softening and dispersing lumps, and astringing and consolidating. It is mainly used to treat vertigo and tinnitus, tremors in the hands and feet, palpitations and insomnia, irritability, epilepsy, scrofula, goiters, breast lumps, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, spermatorrhea and frequent urination, metrorrhagia and leukorrhea, acid regurgitation and stomach pain, eczema and sores.